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The Snow leopard is found in high mountains in Central Asia. Its eyes are green. The snow leopard has a greyish white coat with rosetts. Of all the leopard family, snow leopard is the least aggressive and is very agile and excellent leapers. Snow leopard legends and myths are far and few between, giving an elusive and tantalizing quality to them.

Snow leopards prefer to inhabit steep cliff areas, rocky outcrops and ravines. Such habitats provide them with the camouflage they need to ambush unsuspecting prey. They stalk their prey and usually spring from a distance of 20-50 feet. Their long and powerful hind limbs help the snow leopard leap up to 30 feet, which is 6 times its body length. Mostly active at dawn and dusk, snow leopards are rarely seen in the wild. Unlike other big cats, snow leopards are unable to roar. Solitary in nature, they pair only during the breeding season.

The Snow Leopard as a Spirit Animal, it usually means having strong intuitive faculties and heightened sensibilities. Snow leopard teaches how to make great leaps over new obstacles in life. It gives strength to clear out the haunts and demons within the mind and holds promise of new life, new perception and a renewed perspective on life.

There is also an old story of Milarepa, Tibet’s poet-saint, who was stranded for six months in the Great Cave of Conquering Demons. When his followers went to find him, they found he had been transformed into a snow leopard. The snow leopard is a totem that can reflect a renewed energy, ability, opportunity to conquer one’s own great demons.

“Conquer one’s own great demons” has been and continues to be a life long challenge.

The Soul Food Cafe

The Soul Food Cafe, established in 1999, was created and is maintained solely by Heather Blakey. The Soul Food Cafe is now a large vault which testifies to just what can be achieved when an individual provides a space and welcomes others to share that space. The Pythian Games is a collaborative blog that belongs to the Soul Food Cafe and is used by members of this community.

The Pythian Games

The Pythian Games took place at Delphi every four years. The festival not only involved athletic contests but included musical competitions and drama. Here at Soul Food you can train for the Pythian Games by working out in the Solarium and Gymnasium and by making full use of the team bloggers that are associated with the site.

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Pythian Games Prompts

Find some lively prompts here on the Pythian Games page. All ideas and suggestions will be gratefully received.

Master Web 2.0 Collaboration

The Wild Garden AdvenTURE Calendar takes people through twenty five steps towards understanding how the internet can be used as an interactive publishing tool. It is a comprehensive feature that celebrates work of an international, intergenerational group of people.

Serpentine Road

Le Enchanteur is leading a journey along the Serpentine Road. If you wish to work within this Lemurian environment and mingle with long standing members contact heatherblakey at fastmail dot fm. Entry to Lemuria is strictly by application and approval.

Soul Food Cafe Community

The Rookery features the work of a group of inter generational, international, creative women who have worked in Lemuria with Heather Blakey, gaining their 'raven wings' in the process.